The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it was broadening its definition of what constitutes a tobacco product to include e-cigarettes.

When the regulation goes into effect, it will require e-cigarette sales to be restricted to those older than 18, the same as smokeless tobacco and regular cigarettes. Other restrictions include requiring a photo ID for purchases and prohibiting free samples and vending machine sales.

The rule change also includes other tobacco-related products like hookahs, pipes and cigars, but the e-cigarette inclusion is what drew the most attention.

But the FDA seems less concerned about adults trying to quit smoking and more worried about teenagers who are getting into vaping. A survey released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found e-cigarette use tripled among middle and high school students last year.

"This final rule is a foundational step that enables the FDA to regulate products young people were using at alarming rates, like e-cigarettes, cigars, and hookah tobacco, that had gone largely unregulated,” Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, said in a statement.

Pro-vaping conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist was less excited about the news.